On the magnet

Description

Includes: Notes on the De Magnete of Dr. William Gilbert (privately printed, London, 1901).,At head of title: VVilliam Gilbert ...,Running title: On the loadstone.,A translation by S.P.Thompson and others of author's De magnete, magneticisque corporibus et de magno magnete tellure.,Title vignette; head and tail pieces.,Colophon: "This English translation ... is printed for the Gilbert Club, to the number of two hundred and fifty copies.",Bound in white limp vellum, in a tan rough-cloth covered box.Scanned.7/03.,P273,5 8,

Publisher

The Chiswick Press

Author

Gilbert, William, 1540-1603

Translator

Thompson, Silvanus Phillips, 1851-1916

Date

1900 to 1901

Collection

Posner Memorial Collection

Extent

viii p.leaves .,246, [1] iv, 67 [1] p. -- illus.,1 fold.diagr. -- 29 x 19.4 cm.

Language

English

Rights

No Copyright - United States

Original Repository

Carnegie Mellon University Special Collections

Place Published

London

Persistent Link

http://doi.library.cmu.edu/10.1184/OCLC/00887836

OCLC Number

00887836

Subjects

Subject (Topic)

Magnetism--Early works to 1800

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